Our in district evidence shows that the star is WORTHLESS, plain and simple. I think your teachers are right.
Lori On 7/21/07 1:16 PM, "Beverlee Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Okay, now I have a serious inquiry. We have managed to stay out of the way > of good old AR for many years, but "acquired" it with our new principal 3 > years ago. On a national norm-referenced test (which we no longer give), > how would you say the correlation would be between that and the STAR test? > The teachers in my school say that the STAR is wildly inaccurate. From your > experience (all of you), what would you say about the reliability and > validity of the STAR? > > > > The students are not taking a norm-referenced test. They are taking the > STAR test. The figures I provided are the % of students who scored below > 73% on the tests. The students are graded on the % correct. As our > district has told us in the past, every student could (one administrator > said should) score 90%. > > _________________________________________________________________ > http://liveearth.msn.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > -- Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach & Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 57555 http:www.tcsdk12.org ph. 605.856.2211 Literacies for All Summer Institute "Literate Lives: A Human Right" July 12-15, 2007 Louisville, Kentucky http://www.ncte.org/profdev/conv/wlu _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
